Fruit-seeder.



D.` PHILLIPS.

FRUIT SEEDEH.

APfLlCATlON FILED MAY I, 1916.

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DAVID PHILLIPS, 0F DAYTONA, FLORIDA.

FRUIT-SEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

` Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

Application led May 1, 1916.y Serial No. 94,623.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID PHrLLrrs, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Daytona, in the county of Volusia and State of Florida,have made certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit-Seeders, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention is a separator and is designed chieiiy for removing seeds,stems and like solid particles from the pulp of fruit and comprises arotary member for receiving the pulp to be separated, a secondreceptacle for catching the product as the same esca-pes from theseparator, and a pocket or like part for receiving the Seed and othermatter separated from the pulp.

The drawing illustrates an embodiment of the invention, although withinthe scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter, various changes inthe form, proportion and minor details of construction may be madewithout departing from the nature of the invention.

In the drawings hereto attached, Figure- 1 is an elevation of a fruitseeder embodying the invention, parts being in section. Fig. 2 is adetail perspective view of the separator bottom, and Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on the line m-m of Fig. 1.

In the following description and in the several views of the drawinglike parts are indicated by the same reference characters.

The apparatus embodies a suitable support which as shown consists of astand l. A vertical shaft 2 is mounted upon the stand and is adapted tobe rotated from any suitable source of power in any convenient way. Asillustrated a pulley 3a is secured to the shaft 2 and is adapted toreceive a drive belt 3, leading from a suitable source of power. Theupper end 4 of the shaft 2 is of non-circular form in cross section soas to make engagement with the rotary separator and cause the latter toturn with the shaft in the operation of the apparatus. It istobeunderstood that the shaft 2 may be mounted in any manner so as toreduce the friction to the smallest amount possible.

The separator is mounted upon the upper end of the shaft 2 and comprisesa suitable receptacle the walls of which are meshed or otherwise formedwith openings for the escape of the pulp. The separator' comprises abody portion 5 and a bottom 6, the latter being heavy and preferablyconsisting of a casting. The body portion 5 of the separator is securedto the bottom 6 in any manner te admit of the parts being readilyassembled or the body portion being replaced when occasion requires. Aclamp 7 serves as fastening means for securing the body 5 to the bottom6, the clamp being in the nature of a hoop which is forced upon thelower portion of the body 5 so as to clamp the same against the outeredge of the bottom 6. The bottom 6 is formed with a centrally disposedtubular extension 8 which is closed at its upper end and forms a socketin which is snugly received the upper end portion 4 of the shaft 2. Thesocket S forms a part of the bottom 6 and is cast as a part thereof.

The walls of the body portion 5 of the separator are upwardly flared, itbeing found to give best results inasmuch as the seeds, stems and othermatter separated' from the pulp gradually creep upward and finally passover the upper edge of the separator and into a suitable pocket. In thepresent instance the pocket 9 is formed with the separator and its wallsare imperforate, such pocket comprising an outwardly eX- tending portion10 and an upwardly and inwardly inclined portion 11. The parts 10 and 11preferably form an integral part of the body 5. The pocket 9 is ofannular form, hence is adapted to catch the seeds and other matterseparated at every point.

A receptacle 12 is supported upon the stand 1 or in any suitable mannerso as tol receive the pulp as it escapes from the separator. rEhereceptacle 12 is stationary and its bottom portion is formed with acentral opening through which the shaft 2 passes. A collar 13 risesvertically from the bottom of the receptacle 12 in line with the openingformed therein and prevents escape of the pulp through such opening. Thebottom of the receptacle 12 is disposed some distance below the bottomof the separator and the upper end of the collar 13 approaches close tothe lower side of the bottom 6.

It is noted that the separator is retained upon the upper end of theshaft 2 by gravity and the close fit between the socket 8 and upper endportion 4: of the shaft causes the separator to rotate with the shaft 2.The oint formed between the separator and shaft is such as to admit ofthe separator being readily removed or placed in position upon theshaft. l/Vhen the separator is removed from the shaft 2 the receptacle1.2 may be either removed or placed in position.

In the operation of the apparatus the fruit pulp or other productcontaining seeds, stems and other matter to be separated is placed inthe separating receptacle comprising the parts 5 and 6. Rotary motion isimparted to the shaft 2 and is transmitted to the separator therebycausing the pulp to pass through the meshes or openings in the sidewalls of the separator and into the receptacle 12. The seeds, stems andother solid particles gradually climb the flaring or inclined sides ofthe separator and finally pass over the upper edge thereof into thepocket 9 which catches and retains the same. After the product has beenthoroughly separated and the rotatable shaft 2 arrested, the separatoris removed from the upper end of the shaft 2 and the receptacle 12containing the separated product is removed from the stand.

The separator may be cleaned in any manner and the separated pulpremoved from the receptacle 12 after which such parts are replaced whenthe apparatus is in condition for a repetition of the operation.

I claim:

l. A separator comprising a vertical roltary shaft, a separator propermounted thereon and having an upwardly liared perforated side wall, andan annular pocket surrounding, and attached to, the upper edge of saidwall, and its floor or bottom diverging horizontally directly from thewall, whereby the pocket is adapted to receive seed and refuse matterseparated by centrifugal action from the material treated.

2. A rotary separator of the character specified, comprising animperforate bottom having a centrally disposed socket and comprisingupwardly fiaredwalls which are perforated and an annular pocket at theupper edge of the side walls for catching and retaining the matterseparated from the material to be treated.

3. In apparatus of the character specified, a rotary separatorcomprising an imperforate bottom and perforate side walls and having anannular pocket at its upper edge and a receptacle comprising a bottomdisposed some distance below the bottom of the separator and formed witha central opening and having a collar in line with the opening andrising from the bottom of the receptacle to within a short distance ofthe bottom of the separator.

DAVID PHILLIPS.

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` Washington, D. C.

